Improvement in soldering-irons



UNITED STATES JOHN O. REYNOLDS, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOLDERING-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,166, dated October 24, 1871 antedated October '.7, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN (l. REYNOLDS, of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improve ments in Soldering-Tools, of which the following' is a speciiication:

The nature of my invention relates to certain improvements on soldering-tools. The tool is made of a copper or composition point attached to a piece of soap-stone, the whole being secured to a handle in a suitable way.

On the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a front elevation. Fig'. 3 is a central lonsection over the line A B taken on Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer t0 similar parts wherever they occur on the drawing'. v

a on the drawillg' is a copper or composition point of suitable shape, to which is secured or east in one piece, as may be convenient, a bolt, b, as shown in Fig'. 3. The bolt b projects through a hole in a piece of soap-stone, c, and through the washer d, as shown. Said bolt b is provided `with a screw-thread in its lower end. A nut, e, attached to the metallic rod j', screws over the lower end of the bolt b, and the soap-stone c is thus held firmly between the point a and the Washer d, as shown. To the lower end of the rod fis attached a wooden handle, g, in the usual Way. The sides h h of the point a overlap the soap-stone c, by

which arrangement the soap gitudinal section of Fig'. 2, and Fig'. 4 is a crossstone is protected materially Where the greatest heat ensues. I construct my soldering-tool, also, with two points, when required, having the soapstone between them, and the handle in the iniddie, but for common soldering, the one as represented in the drawing' is the most practical. The point a may be chisel-shaped or pointed from all sides, as may be desired.

The advantages gained with my invention over common soldering-tools are, that an even and more lasting heat is obtained with a soap-stone; a metallic soldering-iron gives too sharp a heat and conducts the heat suddenly to the surroundings 5 whereas my improved tool retains the heat, evenly, a much longer time. My tool is also much lighter than metallic ones for the same capacity, and isa great deal cheaper than some metallic ones now extensively in use.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and arrangement of my invention, I Wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim- As a new article of manufacture, a soldering'- tool formed of the copper or composition point a., secured to a soap-stone, c, and provided with a metallic handle, f, as and for the purpose described.

JOHN C. REYNOLDS. [L. s]

Witnesses:

L. A. Barees, 

